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Ratios

The ratios have risen from days of old 

 

Silver was16-1, in its buying power to gold

 

A home was 4 1/5 × the average annual wage, now it\'s 14 x, not affordable at this range 

 

The wage gap has widened 

 

Averages are to high 

 

Distorted by the few 

 

Who\'s packages are sky high 

 

Alcohol and tobacco the poor man\'s friend 

 

Well, we can\'t have that

 

Tax it until they end

 

Gas, electricity, petrol, and food 

 

Corporate profits rising 

 

Savers left nude

 

The rich get richer 

 

As the middle class fades away 

 

Don\'t worry 

 

You\'ll own nothing but be happy 

 

That\'s what I heard Klaus say

 

The borrower is servant to the lender 

 

A highway has been pathed 

 

And all of us upon it 

 

Are driven to be slaves.